Toddler killed, another injured in Glenmore Trail crash

One child is dead and another is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash on Glenmore Trail just before rush hour Wednesday.

Glenmore Trail was closed in both directions between Blackfoot and Deerfoot trails and police shut several other nearby routes along 16th Ave to allow ambulances to take the injured boys, understood to be brothers and both less than five years old, to Alberta Children’s Hospital.

The other boy, was in a serious but stable condition, Judin said. He had several broken bones and was undergoing an MRI scan.

EMS spokesman Stuart Brideaux said a pickup truck travelling eastbound on Glenmore Trail had lost control and flipped into the westbound lanes about 5 p.m. The truck landed on its roof and was struck by at least one semi-truck and trailer unit.

Brideaux said the area where the youngest toddler was sitting had suffered the worst impact of the crash.

The female driver of the pickup, the boys’ mother, managed to get out of the truck herself, he said.

She had been taken to Foothills Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Glenmore Trail westbound is closed between Blackfoot and Deerfoot trails, as well as two east bound lanes eastbound lanes. The southbound ramp from Deerfoot onto westbound Glenmore was also closed. Judin said traffic was already badly clogged in the area, and urged motorists to avoid the routes if possible.

Police and traffic investigators would be at the scene until about 9 p.m., he said.

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